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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through One Minute to Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one way that Molly is different when the boys see her on Christmas Eve?
(a) Her hair is down to the back of her knees.
(b) Her hair is shorter.
(c) She is heavier.
(d) She is gaunt.

2. Why can't Thomas go anywhere?
(a) They are surrounded by the enemy.
(b) He is wounded too badly.
(c) He is blind.
(d) His leg is broken.

3. How successful is the animal charmer?
(a) The horse no longer bucks but it will not move anywhere.
(b) His is not successful at all.
(c) The dog stops cowering during thunderstorms.
(d) He manages to get the spiders all in one room.

4. How do Charlie and Thomas sleep at their new assignment?
(a) In barrels cut in half.
(b) In foxholes.
(c) In small bunkers.
(d) Standing up.

5. What do the boys do when they leave the Colonel's place on Christmas Eve?
(a) Blow raspberries.
(b) Throw stones at his manor's sign.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Mark a big "X" in the dirt by his driveway entrance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Big Joe sing as a "prayer" for Molly?

2. Why might Big Joe be more upset than the family realizes?

3. How does Grandma Wolf feel about Big Joe's favorite animal?

4. Who is with the Colonel when he confronts the boys?

5. Who does Thomas go to see on leave?

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